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To meet its mandate of improving the quality of life of South Africans, the CSIR relies on its most important asset, its people. The CSIR’s multidisciplinary nature positions the organisation to help solve the increasingly complex problems of our time. This multidisciplinary science, engineering and technology base is made up of individuals who are highly specialised in their respective fields. They are geneticists, virologists, software developers, polymer chemists, applied mathematicians and industrial engineers, just to name a few.
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Dr Kotzee’s research interests lie in assessing ecosystem service conditions, understanding social ecological processes, and developing improved systems approaches to flood regulation services to inform integrated flood management.
Jabu’s research interests and expertise are in information and cyber security focusing on applied research, technology design, development, testing, and deployment of cyber security solutions in large and complex environments.
Dr Scholefield’s research interest lies in developing physiological and population relevant models of disease in a dish.
Panayides’ research interests lie in medicinal chemistry and the application of high throughput screening of natural product extracts and synthetic compounds to focus lead discovery efforts.